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zillion

/ˈzɪljən/

zillion noun: an unspecified large number (of).

Noun

zillion (plural zillions)

  1. (excessive, slang) An unspecified large number (of).
    • Low Man: 'Thanks again, Woody. I'll see you next time the world needs saving.' / Woody: 'Pfft, yeah. Only if we sell a zillion units!'1995, Sega Multimedia Studio, Wild Woody, Sega, scene: ending
    • "We are certainly not blaming lower socioeconomic families for not talking to their kids - there are probably a zillion reasons why that happens."2008 December 6, “Brain tests show child wealth gap”, in BBC News

zillion meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Persian

zillion in Tamil

மிகைப்படுத்தப்பட்ட மிக பெரிய எண், எத்தனையோ, எக்கச்சக்கமான

zillion in Urdu

ان گنت, مہا سنکھ

zillion in Persian

unspecified large number
شونصد šunsad

Synonyms of zillion

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All synonyms of zillion

Forms of zillion

pluralzillions

Origin of zillion

See -illion. An arbitrary coinage, appearing by 1916, on analogy of million, billion, trillion.

Words formed from zillion

Words that rhyme with zillion

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Questions about zillion

What does zillion mean?
Zillion means an unspecified large number (of).
What is zillion in Tamil?
Zillion in Tamil is மிகைப்படுத்தப்பட்ட மிக பெரிய எண், எத்தனையோ, எக்கச்சக்கமான. See Zillion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zillion?
Zillion is a noun.
How do you pronounce zillion?
Zillion is pronounced /ˈzɪljən/.
What is the plural of zillion?
The plural of zillion is zillions.

Words near zillion in the dictionary

  1. Zillers
  2. zilliard
  3. zilliards
  4. zillij
  5. zillijes
  6. zillion
  7. zillionaire
  8. zillionaires
  9. zillionfold
  10. zillions
  11. zillionth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zillion (page history and authors); zillion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zillion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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